San Jose Medical Center Installs ZigBee-based RTLS Across 10 Buildings
The Kaiser Permanente facility is tracking assets for preventative maintenance or clinicians' use, as well as for monitoring temperatures of cooling and warming devices.- Finalists Unveiled for the Fourth Annual RFID Journal Awards
- Retirement Community Gains Insight From RTLS
- Swiss Study Finds RFID Tags Safe for MRI, CT Scans
- San Joaquin Hospital Boosts Asset Utilization
- Grady Hospital Improves Surgical Dept. Efficiency
- For Union Hospital, Recall of Vital-Sign Monitors Reinforces Value of RTLS
- RFID System Tracks Trips, Fringe Benefits, for Bike Commuters
- Wi-Fi Tags Reduce Risk of Falling at Elder-Care Facility
- Ekahau Introduces Money-Back Guarantee
Health Care case studies
- Memorial Hospital Miramar Builds Benefits Onto Its RTLS
- Canadian Beef Processor Deploys RFID for Food Safety
- A Tech-Savvy Medical Organization Gives the Thumbs-Up to RFID
- Special Olympics Scores With RFID
RFID Basics for Health-Care Professionals
Successful Deployment of RTLS in Health Care
Using RTLS to Overcome Business-Management Challenges in Today's Operating Room
The Age of Visibility
RFID adopters are discovering that the technology is opening the door to an entire new world of business intelligence.-
The Use of Novel Information Technology in Military Medicine and Mass Casualty Situation Training
Published March 2010Jorma Jokela, a student at the University of Tampere, offers an academic dissertation on several novel information technologies, including short video clips, mobile medical information systems (IS) and RFID, which have become an essential part of education in the modern health-care field. In military medicine, there are special needs for novel technologies, especially when optimizing first aid and initial treatment in challenging field situations. Jokela's thesis studies the use of such technologies in the training of military medicine for mass-casualty scenarios. (126 pages)
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Pharmaceutical Shifts Toward UHF RFID for Savings
Published February 2009The global pharmaceutical industry dispenses more than $500 billion worth of prescription medications annually, with the distribution of regulated pharmaceuticals achieved through a complex supply chain involving thousands of trading partners who conduct business through multiple transaction levels. With this in mind, Alien Technology explores the benefits that can be derived from RFID technologies, such as stemming the influx of counterfeit drugs.
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RFID Usage in the Patient-Care Environment
Published July 2008This study, authored by Barbara Christe, Elaine Cooney, Gregg Maggioli, Dustin Doty, Robert Frye and Jason Short, examines the effects of two common passive RFID antennas—near-field and far-field—and five general types of patient-care equipment in real-use scenarios. Data was collected regarding the function of the equipment within the antennas' RF fields, in situations resembling common use.
